Virendra bought 18 bags of rice, each bag weighing 5.250 kg. How much rice did he buy altogether? If the rice costs ? 42 per kg, how much did he pay for it?

Explanation

To solve the problem step by step, we need to find out how much rice Virendra bought altogether and how much he paid for it.

### Step 1: Calculate the total weight of rice
Virendra bought 18 bags of rice, and each bag weighs 5.250 kg. To find the total weight, we multiply the number of bags by the weight of each bag.

\[ \text{Total weight} = \text{Number of bags} \times \text{Weight of each bag} \]
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